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BBC updates Android news app
UK public broadcaster the BBC has updated its news app for Android devices. The update…
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Euronews expands in East Africa with Zuku debut
African pay TV platform Zuku has added the English version of news channel Euronews to…
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KDG extends high-speed access
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has extended its high-speed internet offering to an additional…
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Discovery launches more channels on DStv
Discovery Networks CEEMEA is to launch two new channels on the South Africa-based pay TV…
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Verimatrix secures Kosovan deployment
Verimatrix has announced that its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV has been deployed…
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Telefónica selects JDSU for IPTV monitoring
Telefónica has deployed test and measurement specialist JDSU’s Home Performance Management solution to monitor and…
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Mediasmiths Forge opens for business
Consultancy and research and development group Mediasmiths has opened Mediasmiths Forge, a Belfast based software…
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EBU names first media director
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has named Annika Nyberg Frankenhaeuser as its first media director….
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Volia names B2B chief
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has named Mikhail Dmitrichenko as head of business-to-business services. Volia currently…
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EU: Premier League viewing allowed on foreign set-tops
Football fans should be allowed to legally buy and use set-top smartcards from foreign broadcasters,…
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MyTF1VOD offering US shows via Facebook
French broadcaster TF1’s video-on-demand service MyTF1VOD is making US series available via Facebook for the…
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Iskon makes major channel investment
Croatian IPTV operator Iskon.TV has added 34 channels to its line-up. The T-Hrvastki Telekom-owned operator…
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L’Equipe TV looking to go free-to-air
Following TF1’s request for information channel LCI to be moved to free-to-air on France’s digital-terrestrial…
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Turner offers Adult Swim episodes via Facebook
Turner Broadcasting UK has begun offering shows from its Adult Swim animation channel on Facebook…
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Kroes hails role of cable in meeting Digital Agenda
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said she would welcome greater price competition from cable and…
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Food Network HD on Zon
Scripps Networks International’s Food Network HD channel will be available as part of Portuguese pay…
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UPC Czech adds Stil
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Czech entertainment channel Stil to its digital line-up….
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Nick HD in Polish launch
An HD version of kids channel Nickelodeon has launched in Poland on Cyfrowy Polsat’s DTH…
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Red Bee metadata on the Horizon
Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been selected by UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European…
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On Demand Group names Riome as MD
SeaChange International-owned video-on-demand specialist On Demand Group (ODG) has named Stephen Riome as its new…
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Channel 4 takes more capacity on Astra for HD
Satellite operator SES has struck a new long-term contract with UK broadcaster Channel 4 to…
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DTS partners with Adobe for connected TV surround sound
Digital TV audio specialist DTS has announced a partnership with Adobe to deliver its surround…
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thePlatform names engineering chief
Comcast-owned white-label video publishing specialist thePlatform has appointed Mike Horwitz as vice-president of engineering. Horwitz…
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Microsoft reportedly in talks with Lovefilm for XBox Live service
Microsoft is in talks to offer online pay TV services via the Xbox 360 games…
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CS Link owner M7 acquires rival SkyLink service
Luxembourg-based M7 Group has acquired Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV provider Skylink, according to…
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DTG’s D-Book 7 approves HbbTV specs
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies,…
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4oD continues to grow
4oD, the on-demand platform operated by UK broadcaster Channel 4, attracted 31 million long-form views…
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Nagra to buy Sigma’s SIS platform for advanced advertising
Interactive TV specialist Nagravision has announced plans to ramp up its advanced advertising business in…
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Free-to-air LCI would send “bad signal” on future of pay TV
Allowing TF1-owned information channel LCI to go free-to-air would send “a very bad signal” about…
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Fox to deliver The Walking Dead on free VOD service in Russia
Fox International Channels (FIC) has signed a deal to provide the second series of its…